10 NCN projects for scientists from IBB PAN

We are pleased to announce the successes of scientists at the Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics of the Polish Academy of Sciences, who have received 10 grants in the National Science Center OPUS LAP/Weave, OPUS and PRELUDIUM competitions.

In the adjudicated OPUS 26+LAP/Weave competitions, 1737 applications were submitted, of which 318 were qualified for funding. IBB PAN’s success rate of 50%.
Congratulations to Tomasz Turowski!

In the adjudicated OPUS 27 competitions, 2255 applications were submitted, of which 357 were qualified for funding. IBB PAN’s success rate of 27.70%.
Congratulations to Wojciech Bala, Robert Bialik, Michal Krzyszton, Sebastian Sacharowski, Agata Starosta!

In the adjudicated PRELUDIUM 23 competitions, 2104 applications were submitted, of which 362 were qualified for funding. IBB PAN success rate of 66.70%.
Congratulations to Veena Halale Manjunath, Olhi Kostiuchenko, Bianca Swiderska and Mariusz Radkiewicz!

Projects qualified for funding in NCN competitions:
Prof. Dr. Wojciech Bal – “Biological membrane as actor in copper biochemistry: chemical models, neuromodulators and a validating bioassay”.
Dr. Robert Bialik – “Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) and satellites synergy for monitoring of Antarctic lichen communities (USNEA)”
Dr. Michal Krzysztoń – “Mind the gap – Pol II transcription between seed maturation and germination”
Dr. Sebastian Sacharowski – “Chromatin-associated lncRNA: influence on transcription and seed dormancy.”
Dr. Agata Starosta – “RIBO-ICE: Ribosomes and Translation. Protein biosynthesis in cold, a study of Antarctic bacteria.”
Dr Tomasz Turowski – “Passive regulation of gene expression”
Veena Halale Manjunath, M.Sc. – “Hidden message – nuclear mRNA storage in seed biology”.
Olha Kostiuchenko, M.Sc. – “The probiotic potential of Lactococcus strains to counteract inflammation-induced intestinal barrier disruption: an in vitro study”
Bianka Swiderska, M.Sc. – “A new universal method for the isolation and deep proteomic characterization of extracellular vesicles to study drug resistance in a paediatric model of epilepsy”
Mariusz Radkiewicz, M.Sc. – “Human milk as infantile Super Food – the effect of dietry choices and supplementation on the shift of lipidomic profile during different stages of lactation.”

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